Bitcoin Hovers Around New All-Time High, Ethereum, Dogecoin Surge As Crypto Market In Turbo Mode: Top Analyst Says, ‘History In The Making’

Bitcoin pulled back from near-new highs Tuesday, while stocks rallied on Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) better-than-expected third-quarter earnings.

Cryptocurrency Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 8:30 p.m. EDT)
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) +3.66% $72,287.07
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)
               
+2.31% $2,625.49
Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE)           +7.15% $0.1757

What Happened: The world’s largest cryptocurrency was within touching distance of making history as it flew to $73,577, just $160 away from the peak established earlier in March. However, the advance was halted as investors started cashing out.

With the latest rally, Bitcoin’s October gains jumped to 14.26%, as the month delivered on its promise of being one of the most rewarding in the market.

Ethereum also pulled back after scaling an intraday high of $2,680.

The rally liquidated nearly $185 million in leveraged short positions over the last 24 hours, with total cryptocurrency liquidations surging to $257 million.

Bitcoin’s Open Interest soared 5.11% to $43.17 billion in the last 24 hours. 

The number of long positions held by whale investors on cryptocurrency exchange Binance exceeded the number of shorts by a factor of 1.42

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